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The traditional TV news media has been having a rough time in the last few years. According to a recent survey, more Americans have a negative (43%) than a positive (33%) view of the mass media, and are finding it harder to be well informed because it is getting harder to determine which news is accurate.

So what is media's biggest problem? It's bigotry. While ideally all types of media should be objective and hold power to account, in reality, we know that most news outlets are partisan and have their agenda to advance. Whether state-owned or run by some shady tax-avoiding billionaire, getting 'the masses' to view the world from a certain perspective has always been a priceless power to wield.

So why is trust in the media so low? Well, according to the same survey, 8 out of 10 Americans believe that the news media are critical to their democracy. The gap between these lofty expectations of an honest, objective media and the performance that they deliver is large. Times, when the mask slips and examples of media manipulation are exposed, is hugely damaging to trust (don't even get me started on the 2003 Iraq war), and people naturally turn to social media for other, even-easier-to-manipulate sources. Thus we are in the current state in which we find ourselves: confused, mistrustful and divided.

People have been posting examples of fake news and how media can use different techniques of deception, to trick you into seeing exactly what they wanted you to see. As you will discover, perspective is everything! It all goes to show that a healthy dose of skepticism goes a long way, and getting your news from a wide range of different sources is your best bet to a more rounded view of the world we live in. Social media is good in that respect, but bad regarding regulation, trolling and people shouting horrible things at each other. The good old traditional news media is needed as a forum for rational debate and expert opinion, but they must stop with the manipulation already! Scroll down to check out the cheeky photo manipulations in action for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

#1

Photo Taken When Kate Middleton And Prince William Presented Third Royal Baby To The World

Photo Taken When Kate Middleton And Prince William Presented Third Royal Baby To The World

Reuters/ Hannah Mckay Report

Ladies and Gentlemen
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know if its odd, but i show number 3 by pinching the pinky finger down to thumb, not this way!

Keuthonymos
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Prefer the first picture. Gang prince.

BusLady
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's leaving room for #4.

Maggie Dougherty
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't find that odd, that's exactly how I put my fingers for three! To each his own!!

Krystine Patterson
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd love to see William actually give someone the middle finger, the world would be shocked!

Larkin Elliott (student)
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this because it totally shows how people see things from different angles.

Christina W
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People are complaining how he is showing "3". That is how you show the number 3 in ASL.

Christina W
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH! And they flip you off in the UK by a backwards "Peace" sign showing the back of their hand.

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Rajina Bajracharya
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you show 3 directly, then yeah I do it the pinky finger down way but while counting from one, it's the other way. So maybe he was counting.

Michel Guntern
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strange way to display a three. The thumb would be one of my digits, but then one is not royal.

Mike Proco
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously what idiot has a problem how someone shows the number 3 on their hand. This is the problem with social media. Even idiots are entitled to their opinion no matter how ridiculous and aggravating it is.

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    #2

    Tv News Station

    Tv News Station

    CryPtICcR33PEr Report

    Josef Alvekrans
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's something inherently funny about wearing a tie but no shoes.

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    DannyG
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get the problem with this? There is no issue with that, especially in countries without a big tv budget. The nature and content of the news is important, not the image!

    Taryn Wallace
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree there's literally zero reason for this picture to be here...now if they were just showing images that aren't exactly what they seem then this would work but there's no "fake news" picture here

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    glowworm2
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love that table! It looks like the kind of funnel used for donations where you put the coins down it and watch them spin.

    Jeff NME
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a plastic bar-stool: see the chromed footrest about a third of the way up.

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might as well be comfortable, eh?

    Shiva Dheva
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hehe, that's me hosting a videoconf working from home. Under my table you would find pyjamas.

    moeless
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely you did not think they all had offices with spectacular views...

    Michel Guntern
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Phew.... Must be hot.... or he has smelly feet.

    Ellis
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What else did people expect, that people being interviewed for the news would walk up to the highest viewpoint of the city (with a camera crew) so shoot their 50 seconds of fame?

    Ola Polowczyk
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually that's what I used to think was done :D

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    #3

    U.s. Marines From The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Help An Iraqi Soldier With Water From A Canteen In Southern Iraq, March 21, 2003

    U.s. Marines From The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Help An Iraqi Soldier With Water From A Canteen In Southern Iraq, March 21, 2003

    AP Report

    SnowyLynx
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, this is good to see

    K. LNU
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This photo was seen all over. Some only showed the picture on the left, others the picture on the right. The center picture shows the whole "story." And if you notice, the gun is pointed in the general direction, but not "pressed" to the soldier's head. The original post (of the center photo: U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit help an Iraqi soldier with water from a canteen in southern Iraq, on Friday, March 21, 2003. Some 200 Iraqi soldiers surrendered to the U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit just after an hour after it crossed the border into Iraq from northern Kuwait.

    Jeff NME
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate to break it you guys, but the USA was busily invading Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein from March 20th, 2003. This man is obviously a PoW, so is being held at gunpoint while being given some water. Do you people have such a short memories that you have completely forgetten recent history?

    Mont
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clearly a display of compassion combined with the necessary caution of war.

    Toufic Khairallah
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    still, an iraqi held prisonner in his country by a foreign occupation force..

    Daria B
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tricky indeed. But the observers would notice the guy on the left has his hand on his lap, the gun is just hanging.

    Just JoLynn
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guy with his hands in his lap is not the one holding the gun, you can see a hand on the gun.

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    Pattie Kelly
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    gun not pointed at head. the soldier on the left is giving the water and the soldier on the left is sitting next to the Iraq soldier with the marine's hand on his own leg and there is a 3rd soldier next to the soldier on the left sitting HIS gun is in his hands. And it looks like it's pointed at the Iraqi soldier's head.

    Debster
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow totally 3 different ways to spin it.

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    #4

    Presidential Inauguration Of Donald Trump

    Presidential Inauguration Of Donald Trump

    Indi_Comments Report

    Ruth Hempsey
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's waving at the camera and reporters because there aren't any other people except security.

    Melissa Gibbs
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not the same picture. The white lines on the road are missing, the blondes head is turned differently, other people are missing. These pictures were not taken at the same time. Nice job bored panda. Messing with pictures in a post about messing with pictures.

    Jeff NME
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even the colour of the road surface is different between both photos. Even "Blind Freddy" could tell these photos weren't even taken within seconds of each other, unless the roadway suddenly changed clour from black tarmac into what looks more like pebblecrete or maybe a sports stadium running track, with a blue "best line" painted on it.

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    Cherry Warr
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh! really? in a story ABOUT bias, you do THIS?? they aren't the same photo, the people are not in the same positions, they aren't even looking in the same direction.

    SouthernFried
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not meant to literally be the same photo, just same time/situation.

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    Lorena Lanmon
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not the same picture! Different people around, one is day one is evening, different pavement.

    H. von Roon
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The crowd was the biggliest, hugeliest ever! Way bigger than any inauguration crowds before! Bigly hugeliest!!! *FAKE NEWS!!!!!* AND *MORE CHUMP LIES*

    Cherry Warr
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    really?? even in a story ABOUT bias, you slip in this It's not the same photo, the people are not in the same position, they aren't even looking in the same direction.

    Debster
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look I went to Obama's and sat in that same area at the end. Both sides were packed. BS it was closed for security. You are vetted to get through and you pay big bucks to sit there.

    diane a
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    7 years ago

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    Guess the Trump voters either couldnt afford gas for their trucks or maybe realised their mistake

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    Pattie Kelly
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The president follows and the secret service don't want the bleachers filled with people when walking down the road. For security reasons. Plus the President and the Vice President ALWAYS travel separately. That is in case the President gets killed the Vice President will be alive to become the sitting President. They never travel together

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    #5

    Hillary Rally In Omaha

    Hillary Rally In Omaha

    abbydphillip Report

    Elle Campbell
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's more than 50 people. And it's still more than the "Yuge crowds" of legitimate(unpaid) tRump supporters that show up for his rallies.

    Heather Cox
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's obviously more than 50 people there but not as many as it would appear in the top photo

    Glowdaddy
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We zoom/ crop personal pictures to get a better view of the subject. I don't feel like the first picture is an attempt to deceive.

    Stephanie Stevens
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump came to Johnson City, TN a few weeks ago. The entire stadium was filled up to capacity and there were still over 10,000 people outside waiting to get in. I'd say that's a few more than the turnout she had.

    Donna Baker
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You must be a Democrat, You do so well at criticizing Trump. Maybe he isn't the best but sure better Than the b----h that lost. Thank GOD for that

    Pattie Kelly
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Optical Illusions. Obama is doing that with his speeches today. He brings all the people together so it LOOKS like a big crowd. Senator Pamela Harris went on a speaking engagement last week and only 200 people showed up and only 10 people had questions after she gave her speech. Didn't look that way on TV.

    Laura Perkinson
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    politics , sad sad always about who can convince the people using any means possible.

    Sherry Conroy
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I don’t think us Trump supporters are paid. But if you believe that then you are totally lost.

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    #6

    Soldiers Playing With Kids

    Soldiers Playing With Kids

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    Just a Purpler
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But both pictures are fine, no?

    Matt Richardson
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first looks more like, "Boy you're bout to get a paddlin" The second reveals that the reason he is cowering is because he's trying not get hit by the ball.

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    Master Markus
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first one didn't seem threatening to me, like, the soldier is really relaxed and he has what looks like a ping-pong paddle, for f**k's sake. Not exactly something a solider would try to hurt someone with.

    Chelsea Bates
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But some people are stupid and believe everything they see and hear

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    Peter Beard
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One picture shows a child frightened by a soldier the other shows a soldiier playing with happy children. Whoever publishes those pictures has a duty to say what the truth is or be labelled a liar.

    Miss Cris
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No photos of UN soldiers violating children and woman. However, they do. One person playing one moment with children, posing for a photo, doesn't make them good people.

    Christa Russell
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think the kid looks scared .. his body language does suggest he's trying to stay out the way but necessarily because he's scared. This is not a threatening photo at all, just simply playing.

    Gaia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Israeli soldier, and yes, Palestinians always faking news......

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    #7

    Conservative Leader Theresa May Launches The Party's Campaign Bus In Northumberland

    Conservative Leader Theresa May Launches The Party's Campaign Bus In Northumberland

    Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive/PA Images Report

    Laugh Fan
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think I'm going to assume this is done for most of these types of events!

    Jerry Mathers
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not sure how many of them do this, but political events like town halls or bus unveiling usually have a specific number of people they allow. Additionally those people have had a background check done of them done prior to the event and, in cases where it's a Q&A format, the questions (or the general idea of the question) are known before the person is allowed to attend/ask. This is why you don't see someone get up and hit the candidate with a hard question. Elections in politics are highly scripted events.

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    Christina Sersif
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so we basically all need to demand unzoomed pictures from the media

    Michel Guntern
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Theresa May; certainly standing up.

    Migue Avendaño
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the way these kind of events are handled. Politicians are fake

    Paula Raymundo
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all in the angle, you know? :D

    Pattie Kelly
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again politicians that want the optical illusion of a massive or even big crowd. People need to see the truth.

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    #8

    Photographer Ruben Salvadori Covered The Conflict Between Israeli Soldiers And Palestinian Youths. The Picture Above Was Staged In Cooperation With A Young Palestinian

    Photographer Ruben Salvadori Covered The Conflict Between Israeli Soldiers And Palestinian Youths. The Picture Above Was Staged In Cooperation With A Young Palestinian

    Ruben Salvadori Report

    Kjorn
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    never trust BOTH sides… Israeli and palestinian use disinformation.

    Jeff NME
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want some interesting perspective on the situation, go onto YouTube and search for "Pallywood". Because not everything presented is quite what it seems.

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    We Were On A Break!
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop giving your interpretation of how you understand the situation between the 2 when you live far away and being fed info from the media who has their own agendas. Don't think you understand!

    Donovan
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We ALL live far away. We read news stories. That's all we can do. So whose "fault" is it that we don't accurately understand?

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    VeryDarkMatter
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A couple of nights ago I watched a "nostalgic" re-run of a very old news broadcasting .. it was from the early 80s. At it shocked me that actually nothing has changed since then. The images from that old news about Israel/Palestinia could be from yesterday. Sad and terrifying

    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So even the fire was staged?

    Gaia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A total disgrace...and people buys Palestinian propaganda....

    Peter Beard
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You would be naive not to realise this happens all the time.

    Barbara Kistler
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t trust what you can’t see with your own eyes

    Donovan
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is just so telling. It's actually shocking to me. News Media bull s#$@ at its finest and most manipulative.

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    #9

    Pro-Immigration Protest

    Pro-Immigration Protest

    TrumpOrTreason Report

    Paul O'Connor
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it was demonstration ILLUSTRATING child detention, not purporting to actually show it. Hence the kids in the cages are holding protest signs. Someone took it and made a meme, which is why THAT photo is on a page talking about how pictures can lie. But yeah, kids were still put behind bars for real elsewhere.

    Master Markus
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I feel like it's kind of silly to get all upset about this picture of a kid that isn't real when the real thing is still definitely happening. (I don't know if they're in cages like that, so maybe that's the issue, but it doesn't take away how awful the whole thing is).

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    Kjorn
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    both side are bias. the end justify the mean i supposed… i hate these time. media are so hypocrites

    moeless
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Irrelevant. But this is Barry Obama's doing when it was real. Truth hurts, no?

    Aria Whitaker
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Barry Obama" did NOT tear children away from their parents and cage them. He detained unaccompanied minors....children who came here WITHOUT a parent or guardian, until such could be located. Trump took kids from their mothers and fathers, separated them and then kept the parents and children in separate cages. Those without an agenda are smart enough to understand that is not the same thing, at all.....but, as you stated, Truth hurts, no?

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    Melody Reid
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Child detention is to protect the children brought across the border by people other than their parents. I.e. child trafficking.

    Carol Emory
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well they had to use this pic because the detainment centers won't let any of the media in with cameras. I wonder why that is?

    Glowdaddy
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I saw the first picture IRL, I was fooled and angered by it. I need to give more thought to the images I see.

    Tor Rolf Strøm
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even worse, I've seen people who posted that upper picture, being confronted with it being fake, and still they keep on as if it was real. People. Damn people, man.

    Emory Griffis
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As far as Telemundo is concerned, it was real; they are the ones who staged this bit of propaganda.

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    Caprice Percle
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let’s blame the real people for this. Starting with Clinton who signed the law in 1996. Obama was responsible for more families being separated than Trump. And this administration has found more child sex traffickers!

    Linda D
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people have been brainwashed to the point where they actually cannot see the truth and want to believe the lies.

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    #10

    Tax Protest In Paris

    Tax Protest In Paris

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    VoxyMan
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many of these examples are what photographers are SUPPOSED to do, it's not fake news.

    Kevin Camp
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then report, not editorialize thourgh imagery. Did the accompanying article mention there were 15 people protesting or a crowd of people. That is manipulation of the facts to affect an outcome, not journalism.

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    VoxyMan
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of these examples of "fake news" are nothing more than lens choice (Wide angle or telephoto) framing and cropping, it's a technique called 'Photography" Get over it.

    Ellis
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he was any closer to that crowd you probably couldnt hear the reporter’s reporting

    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why they make telephoto lenses.

    Kjorn
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    media manipulation. most people know it's all c**p what media shows us.

    Meowton Mewsk
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s the problem. “Most people,” don’t know jack s**t.

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    Susan Mesick
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Welcome to cropping a photo.Sheesh

    Meowton Mewsk
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why wouldn’t the reporter stand in front of the action? People are so dumb that it’s painful, and they think they’ve figured out some clever secret. Gross.

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    #11

    Hillary Clinton Event In Ohio

    Hillary Clinton Event In Ohio

    edhenry Report

    Elle Campbell
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure. tRump does it all the time! "Yuge crowds!" Hahahaha

    Glowdaddy
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again we zoom/ crop personal pictures to get a better view of the subject. I don't feel like the first picture is an attempt to deceive.

    Master Markus
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That second picture is blurry as f**k.

    Anna Repp
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So? She never claimed hundreds of thousands attended her rallies.

    Keeping Up With The Kuethers
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So photographers are suppose to stand in the back of a room and take pictures now??

    Leah Dodd
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahaha nice job censoring my comment guys. Let me try again. Why would a photographer for the media take a photo of an event without showing the subject matter in detail? What good is a photo from 10 meters away, zoomed out, showing lots of wood floor? Stop making big deals out of nothing.

    Leah Dodd
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would a photographer for the media take a photo of an event that does not show the subjects in detail, but instead is taken from 10m back, from a distance, showing little people and lots of wood floor? Seriously. You talk about media deception but all you do (Bored Panda) is make mountains out of molehills.

    Maggie Collins
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First thing I thought! Was the bottom one taken way before and the top one later? I cannot tell.

    Pattie Kelly
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True pictures tell a thousand words.

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    Magpie
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is really hard to *not* anthropomorphize* / assume that an expression on an animal's face = the same thing that expression would mean if we make it. To me I see those ears being scrunched and held tightly, and that looks painful to me. Also I am not sure if pigs' legs are meant to go at that angle, so I worry about if that is painful also.... that expression could be a grimace of pain.

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    Paul Mitchell
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happy pig being helped on the left, reality in the middle, pig about to be killed on the right.

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    Linda Van Maanen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What am I supposed to see here except two guys thinking it's ok to pull a pig by its ears?

    Sonya Jersey
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that pig's face though.. Priceless! I mean, THAT SMIIILEE! I love pigs

    Cherry Warr
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    am I the only one that thinks that pig's expression is kinda weird??

    Donna O
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone know what was actually going on here? Was the pig being saved or....?

    Magpie
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't actually know. That could be us just wanting it to be happy.

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    Gryffindor4ever
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That pig is genuinely the cutest thing I've seen EVER

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